Draymond Inexperienced narrowly prevented an automated ejection within the first half of Recreation 4 between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets within the first spherical of the 2025 NBA Playoffs. Inexperienced obtained a technical foul for a scuffle with Dillon Brooks within the second quarter. Minutes later, Inexperienced was concerned in one other controversial sequence with Rockets ahead Tari Eason that led to the Warriors star getting hit with a flagrant-1, however avoiding an automated ejection that will have come along with his second technical.
Eason stripped the ball from Inexperienced, and because the two gamers dove on the ground for the unfastened ball, Inexperienced rolled over on Eason and dropped his leg on his head. Inexperienced then grabbed Eason’s jersey because the Rockets ahead was getting up. The refs reviewed the play, and decided that Inexperienced’s kick was inadvertent. He would have kicked out of the sport with a flagrant-2 name or with one other technical foul, however the flagrant-1 willpower allowed him to maintain enjoying.
Watch Inexperienced’s flagrant foul right here and resolve for your self if it was inadvertent contact.
Right here’s one other take a look at the play from a special angle.
Draymond may physique slam an official, drop kick the mascot and nonetheless not get that second tech.
Draymond ft one way or the other ended up on Tari face pic.twitter.com/jWRGsY3ZWc
— Lachard Binkley (@BinkleyHoops) April 29, 2025
That is one other traditional Draymond second within the NBA Playoffs. It appears like there have been a whole lot of comparable performs by way of the years, however this time Inexperienced prevented the ejection.
Right here’s a take a look at the technical foul from earlier within the recreation that led to Inexperienced and Brooks each getting technical fouls.
The tensions between the Rockets and the Warriors gamers warmth up, it begins with Dilloon Brooks, Draymond Inexperienced, and Steph Curry (with replays) pic.twitter.com/pOxNVgnkGV
— MrBuckBuck (@MrBuckBuckNBA) April 29, 2025
Not everybody was shopping for that Inexperienced deserved to remain within the recreation because the tensions escalated. Right here’s a small sampling of the social media response to Inexperienced’s newest rumble.
At this level I think about Draymond is testing how far he can go with out getting punished so later in GSW’s run he can begin doing wrestling strikes on-court
— g (@freewave3) April 29, 2025
Draymond knew precisely what he was doing. That kick to the again/neck/head was not inadvertent. Cease.
— Frank Isola (@TheFrankIsola) April 29, 2025
Draymond gotta be essentially the most environment friendly “inadvertent bludgeoner of individuals” of all time.
— Eddie Maisonet, III (@edthesportsfan) April 29, 2025
no draymond kick is inadvertent, he imply each considered one of them
-LE5-6 (@Deepyy_) April 29, 2025
The Warriors lead the collection 2-1 going into Recreation 4.
